Saturday 29th April – Into Saskatchewan

Check out time was a rather reasonable 2pm so we were able to have a lazy morning (yes, another) before finally getting around to fixing the inner tube on the rear wheel of my bike, to stop the tyre being constantly flat.   

We then went for a gentle bike ride by Elkwater lake to test out our handy work. Tyre seemingly fixed, so I pushed myself by taking on a hill, even if it did just remind me how unfit I am becoming on this trip!   

Elkwater Lake, Cypress Hills (look, but don't make your eyes strain....)

Proof that, despite their spread around the world, there are actually still some Canada Geese left in Canada

Even the magpies here are prettier than our magpies

The view from half way up the hill I tried to cycle up!

We moved the RV to eat lunch by the lake, before driving for just over two hours to Swift Current - nice name, we are trying to visit as many places with original names as possible.  We made a bee-line for Walmart – we really needed a free night’s camping but tonight’s priority was to get good Wi-Fi for Simon to enable him to watch the Formula 1 in Russia at 4am in the morning!  Having tried a couple of parking locations at our favourite retailer it was clear that we weren’t going to get the required connection, so instead we found a local RV site which had reviews that raved about the internet connectivity! Having done a brief top-up shop we rolled up at Ponderosa RV Park about 6pm and I began a blogging marathon.